Door bumper and the like



2 Sheets-Sheet l a. o. FERRY DOOR BUMPER AND THE LIKE Filed Oct. 28, 1951 Get, 25, 1932.

Oct. 25, 1932. 1. D. PERRY noon BUMPER AND THE um:

2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed 001:. 28. 1931 Patented Oct. 25, 1932 UNITED stares rarer orFicE IRA D. PER-RY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO EDNA L. MEYER, OF ROCKFORD,

ILLINOIS DOOR BUMPER AND THE LIKE Application filed October 28, 1931. Serial No. 571,573.

This invention has to do with certain im- The main feature of the present invention provements in door bumpers and the like. relates to the provision of a door stanchion These door bumpers are intended primarily or pillar and a companion door bumper block for use in connection with the doors on auto of suitable material such as rubber or the like,

mobile bodies and the like, although it will the stanchion or pillar being provided with a presently appear that the features of the insocket or recess reaching inwardly from the Vention may also be used to advantage in con- Surface of the ledge and also from the surnection with other purposes. face of the inwardly extending flange; said Inasmuch, however, as the features and socket or recess being provided with a floor 19 construction herein disclosed have been dewhlch is fully supported at both its front so vised with particular reference to use in conand back edges, (that is, along the lines of nection with automobile doors I have illusboth of the inwardly and outwardly extendtrated and will describe such use in particuing flanges) which floor is supported over its lar. In so doing, however, I wish it clearly entire surface so that the severe forces of understood that I do not intend thereby to pressure and impact incident to the door closlimit the use or application of the invention ing operation will be amply taken care of and except as I may do so in the claims, resisted by this floor, thus providing astruc- The automobile bodies are generally proture of maximum strength and especially vided with door stanchions or pillars towards Well able to receive and absorb these several 20 or against which the edge portions of the stresses In those cases in which the floor of 7 doors move during the door closing operation. this socket is of sheet metal it constitutes a These door stanchions or pillars are generally portion of the sheet metal of the door stanprovided with ledges facing in the direction chion or door pillar itself, and is integral of door closing movement; and also are prowith the inwardly extending flange and with Vided with inwardly extending flanges lying the outwardly extending flange or that por 75 parallel to the direction of door closing movetion of the ledge which is formed down into ment. Frequently also the stanchions or door the socket referred to and becomes a portion pillars are provided with outwardly eXtendor extension of the outwardly extending ing flanges lying parallel to the direction of flange. In such cases the floor and back wall door closing movement. The edge portion of of this socket are integral with the sheet 80 the door is provided with a ledge portion metal of the door stanchion or pillar itself, which faces in the direction of door closing the socket is formed by so treating the movement and approaches the corresponding sheet metal as to seat this portion of the metal ledgeiportion of the stanchion or pillar when down and backwardly into the form of the the door is closed. floor and the back of the socket. 5

The door bumpers herein disclosed are 10- Another way of considering the matter is cated on the door stanchions or pillars at the that when the socket is formed in the above position of the ledge thereof and serve to remanner it constitutes in effect a cradle supceive the forces of pressure and impact of the ported along its front and rear edges by the lodge portion of the door itself during the companion portions of the inwardly and outdoor closing operation. wardly extending flanges.

The features of the present invention also The door bumper block is suitably formed relate to door bumpers which are specially into be set into this socket and supported theretended for use in connection with sheet metal by. Said bumper block is also generally pro door stanchions or pillars; although in some vided with lugs or cars which cooperate with 95 cases said features are also very well-adapted companion port-ions of the sheet metal of the for use in connection with door stanchions door stanchion or pillar so as to retain the or pillars having sheet metal faces, and which bumper block in place. are hacked or filled with wood or similar Another feature of the invention relates to posts. I the provision of sockets in which the floor I firmly seated in the socket and resisting any tendency of the bumper block to work for ward out of the socket due to shock and arring incident to the door closing operation.

In this connection it is a further feature of the invention to so shape the socket that this slanting floor back canbe produced from and out of the sheet metal available from the stanchion or pillar itself, taking account of the fact that the back wall of the tapering floor socket is somewhat deeper measured in the direction of door closing movement than the depth of the socket in the position of the inwardly extending flange. 7

Another feature of the invention relates to the provision of constructions in which the sheet metal of the door stanchion or pillar is so formed as to provide in some cases lips or flanges along the front edges of the socket so that the door bumper can be slid into place within the socket in the direction of door closing'movement and will be retained therein by said lips or flanges.

Other objects and uses of the invention will appear from a detailed description of the same which consists in the features of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings;

Figure 1 shows a face view of a short section of a door stanchion or pillar embodying the features of the present invention and showing a bumper block in place within the socket thereon;

Figure 2 shows a cross section on the line 22 of Figure 1 looking in the direction of the arrows;

Figure 3 shows a back View corresponding to Figure 1:

Figure 4 shows a view similar to Figure 1 but with the bumper block removed from the socket;

Figure 5 shows a View similar tothat of Figure 1 but showing a modified type of construction; r

Figure 6 shows a cross section on the line 66 of Figure 1 looking in the direction of the arrows;

Figure 7 shows another view corresponding to Figures 1 andv 5 but illustrating still another modified type of construction;

Figure 8 shows a cross section on the line 88 of Figure 7 looking in the direction of the arrows;

Figure 9 shows a perspective view of a short section of door stanchion of the form shown in Figures 7 and 8;

Figure 10 shows another view similar to Figures 1, 5, and 8 but illustrating still another modified form of construction in which the floor of the socket is slanted downwardly towards the back wall of the socket;

Figure 11 shows a cross section on the line 1111 of Figure 10 looking in the direction of the arrows;

Figure 12 shows a perspective view of a short section of door stanchion embodying the features shown in Figures 10 and 11;

Figure 13 shows a face View of the bumper block of the form shown in Figures 10 and 11, (removed from the stanchion) Figure 14 shows a view corresponding to Figures 1, 5, 7, and lObut illustrating still another modified form of construction;

Figure 15 shows a cross section on the line 1515 of Figure 14, looking in the direction of the arrows;

Figure 16 shows a horizontal section on the line 16-16 looking in the direction of the arrows; and

Figure 17 shows a face view of the bumper block of Figures 14, 15, and 16 removed from the socket.

This application is a continuation in part of my copending application, Serial No. 546,552, filed June 24, 1931.

In each case the door pillar or stanchion is of sheet metal and includes the ledge 20 which faces in the direction of door closing movement,'inwardly extending flange 21, and the outwardly extending flange 22, both of said flanges lying parallel to the direction of door closing movement.

In the arrangement of Figures 1, 2, and 3,

3, as. well as other structures, the door pillar is formed to establish a socket reaching downwardly from the ledge 20 and inwardly from the flange 21. This result is accomplished by cutting the sheet metal along the lines establishing the ends of the socket and then folding the cut metal so as to establish the floor 23 of the socket and straightening down the metal to the point where it joins said floor 23 so as to establish the back 24 of the socket. By this treatment the floor 23 of the socket is supported at its front edge by being integral with the flange 21 and is supported at its rear edge by being integral with the back wall 24 of the socket. It will be noted that when the socket is formed in this manner it is opened endwise in both directions beneath the ledge 20 and behind the flange 21, thus establishing a pair of endwise facing openings in direct connection with the socket.

In the construction of Figures 1 to 4, inclusive, the flange 22 is provided with an opening 25 adjacent to the position of the socket, and the floor 23 of the socket is provided with an opening 26.

The bumper block 27 for the arrangement shown in Figures 1 to 4, inclusive, has its body portion seated directly on the floor 23 of .theisocket, and the body portion of the bump .erblock projects above the ledge 20 to estab- .lish a contacting portion which is engaged by the ledge of the edge portion of the door when closed. I I l I l i In this construction also the outer face of the bumper block is providedwith a lip or skirt 28. which overlies the face of the inwardlyextending flange 21 immediately adjacent to the position of the socket.

In this construction also the body of the bumper block is provided with the lug 29 which extends down through the opening 26 of the floor of the socket and with another lug 30, preferably of hooked form, which reaches through the opening 25 to the back face of the flange 23so as to lock the bumper block in place at its upper end.

In the construction of Figures 5 and 6 the bumper block 31 also rests directly against the floor 23 ofthe socket, said floor 23 being provided with an opening 26 through which a lug 32 of the bumper block projects as in the previous case. .In the present case, however, the body portion of the bumper block 31is provided with endwise projecting lugs 33 and 34 which extend through the end open ings of the socket and bear against the under face of the ledge 20 and behind the flange 21. The arrangement of Figures 7 8, and 9 is distinctive in the sense. that the sheet metal is so cut and treated as to providea pair of vertical lips 35 and 36 along the sides of the socket opening; said lips constituting the edge portion of the flange 21 at the position of the socket. In this case the bumper block 37 is set down into the socket and its body portion rests directly on the socket floor 23. The bumper block has its body portion vertically recessed to receive the lips 35 and 36 so that the bumper block can he slid down into the socket in the. direction of the door closing movement and thereupon the bumper block is retained in place by said lips 35 and 36.

The bumper block is in thiscase provided with endwise projecting tapering lugs 38 and 39 which, when the bumper block is forced down into place will compress and finally seat under the ledge 20 so as to lock the bumper block firmly in place. i

The construction of the Figures 10, 11, 12,.and 13 is distinctive in the sense that the sheet metal of the door stanchion or pillar is so treated that the floor 40 of the socket slants downwardly towardsthe rear as clearly shown in Figures 11 and 12. The back wall 41 of the socket is tapered forward slightly as shown in Figure 11. This ar rangement is for the purpose of distributing the available metal between the flange and back wall of the socket; since, if the metal is not'to be stretched the length of the back wall ilplus the width of the floor 10 must beequal to the length of the front opening plus the widthof the top opening of the socket. The bumper block 42 of this arrangewedge the same more firmly in the corner or angle between the floor 40 and the back wall 41.

In the present case the bumper block is also provided with the endwise projecting lugs 43 and 1-1 which are accommodated beneath the ledge 20 and behind the flange 21 in order to lock the bumper block in place.

In the modified arrangement of Figures 14, 15, 16, and 17 the door stanchion or pillar is of sheet metal but is backed or filled by the wood filler including the blocks 15 and 16. In this case the block 416 of the wood filler is mortised out as clearly shown in F igures 15 and 16, such mortising extending sli htly below the edge of the flange 21 at the position of the socket so as to establish the socket floor 47 and also extending beyond the side edges of the ledge 20 and flange 21 at the position of the socket so as to establish the ends 48 and 49 of said socket. The metal face thus reaches inwardly and upwardly from down beyond the floor 17 and ends 13 and 49 of the socket to establish lips by means of which the bumper block 50 is held in place.

The body portion of said bumper block 50 is so formed as to provide a portion which projects above the ledge 20 and a face portionwhich projects beyond. the flange 21. Said face portion is of slightly greater width than the opening of the socket in the flange 21 so that the bumper block can be forced down in the socket until it rests upon the floor thereof. In so doing the side edges of the sheet metal flange 21 will embed themselves into the material of the bumper block as clearly shown in Figure 16.

Preferably the body portion of the bumper block is in this case provided with endwise projecting lugs 51 and 52 which will force themselves beneath the ledge 20 so as to lock the bumper block in place.

While I have herein shown and described only certain embodiments of the features of 1 my present invention still I do not intend to limit myself thereto except as I may do so in the claims.

I claim 1. In a device of the class described the combination of a sheet metal door pillar suitably formed to provide a ledge facing in the direction of door closing movement together with inwardly and outwardly extending flanges lying parallel to the directionof door closing movement and connected to the edges of said ledge, the sheet metal being suitably formed to establish a socket extending inwardly from the ledge and from the inwardly extending flange, said socket having a floor and also having aback wall, the front' and rear edges of the floor being integral with open and communicating directly beneath the ledge, together with a bumper block of resilient material located within the socket and seated directly upon the floor thereof and against the back wall, and means for securing the bumper block in place comprising a lug integral with the bumper block and extend,- ing through one-open end of the socket.

2. In a device of the class described the combination of a sheet metal door pillar comprising a sheet of metal suitably formed to provide a ledge facing in the direction of door closing movement together with an inwardly extending flange integral with said ledge and connected to the rear edge thereof, the sheet metal of said door pillar being suitably formed to provide a socket reaching inwardly from said ledge and said flange, said socket having a floor and also a back wall,

the front edge of the floor being integral with the flange and the rear edge of the floor being integral with the lower edge of the back wall, and the upper portion of the back wall being integral with the adjacent portion of the sheet metal of the'door pillar, the floor extending downwardly and the back wall reaching forwardly in: its lower portion, whereby there is established a downwardly and backwardly extending pocket between the floor and the back wall, and a bumper block of resilient material seated within said socket and into said'pocket, and means for retaining the upper portion of the bumper block in place with respect to the ledge and the inwardly extending flange whereby the upper portion of the bumper block is retained in place by said means and whereby the lower portion of the bumper block is retained in place by engagement with the pocket of the socket.

' 3. In a device of the class described, the combination of a sheet metal door pillar suitably formed to provide a ledge facing in the direction of door closing movement, and an inwardly extending flange substantially parallel to the direction of door closing movement and connected to the edge of said ledge, the sheet metal being suitably formed to provide a socket extending inwardly frointhe ledge and from the inwardly extending flange, said socket having a floorgand a back wall integral with one another and with-the sheet metal of the pillar, the floor and back wall being as wide as the socket, a bumper block of resilient'material disposed in and projecting from the socket and seated directly upon the floor thereof-and in abutment with the back wall, whereby the same is supported to absorb the loads incident to abut- 'ment of the door with'th'e bumper block in tending through an opening provided therefor in the'door pillar.

4. In a device of the class described, the combination of a sheet metal door pillar suitably formed' to provide a ledge facing in the direction of door closing movement, and an inwardly extending flange substantially parallel to the direction of door closing movement and connected to the edge of said ledge, the sheet metal being suitably formed to provide a socket extending inwardly from the ledge and from the inwardly extending flange, said socket having a floor and a back wall integral with one another and with the sheet metal of the pillar, the floor and back wa-llbeing as wide as the socket, the ends of the socket being open for communication directly beneath the ledge, and a bumper block of resilient material fitting in and projecting from the socket and seated directly upon the floor thereof for support of the block to absorb load incident to abutment of the door with the block in closing, said block having lugs projectingendwise'from opposite ends of the block in a plane directly below the ledge for engagement with the underside of the ledge whereby to hold the block in place in the socket. I

5. In a device of the class described, the combination of a sheet metal door pillar suitably formed to provide a ledge'facing in the direction of door closing movement, and an inwardly e'xtending'flange substantially parallel t0 the direction of door closing movement and connected to the edge of said ledge, the sheet metal being suitably formed to provide a socket extending inwardly from the ledge and from the inwardly extendin flange, said socket having a floor and a back wall integral with one another and with the sheet metal ofthe pillar, the floor and back wall being as wide as the socket, the floor of said socket being formed with a downward and inward inclination away from the plane of the led'ge,a bumper block of resilientmaterial fitting in and projecting from. the socket, the lower end of said block being formed to lit the inclined floor, whereby when the block is subjected to compression by reason of a door havingv abutment theretending flange to retain the bumper block in place in the socket.

7. In a device of the class described, the combination of a sheet metal door pillar suitably formed to provide a ledge facing in the direction of door closing movement together with inwardly and outwardly extending flanges lying parallel to the direction of door closing movement and connected to the edges of said ledge, the sheet metal being suitably formed to establish a socket extending inwardly from the ledge and from the inwardly extending flange, said socket having a floor and also having a back wall, the front and rear edges of the floor being integral with the inwardly extending flange and the back wall respectively, and the back wall being integrally connected to the outwardly extending flange, the ends of the socket being open and communicating directly beneath the ledge, together with a bumper block of resilient material located within the socket and seated directly upon the floor thereof and against the back Wall, and means for securing said bumper block in place comprising lugs on the bumper block reaching endwise through the end openings aforesaid and engaging the under face of the ledge.

8. In metal door frame construction, the combination of a sheet metal frame member formed to provide a ledge facing in the direction of door closing movement, the member having an openin provided therein communicating with the ledge to receive a door bumper, means integral with the frame member and formed by the metal from the opening to provide a pocket and bumper backing in the frame member as wide as the opening to receive and support a door bumper for the compression thereof incident to a door closing against it, and a resilient door bumper disposed in said pocket and having a portion projecting beyond the plane of said ledge for engagement with a door movable toward the ledge.

9. In metal door frame construction, the combination of a sheet metal frame member formed to provide a ledge facing in the direction of door closing movement, the member having an opening provided therein communicating with the ledge to receive a door bumper, means integral with the frame member and formed by the metal from the opening to provide a pocket and bumper backing in the frame member as wide as the opening to receive and support a door bumper for the compression thereof incident to a door closing against it, a resilient door bumper disposed in said pocket and having a portion projecting beyond the plane of said ledge for engagement with a door movable toward the ledge, and means for retaining the bump er in said pocket.

10. In metal door frame construction, the combination of a sheet metal frame member formed to provide a ledge facing in the direction of door closing movement, the member having an opening provided therein communicating with the ledge to receive a door bumper, means integral with the frame member and formed by the metal from the opening to provide a pocket and bumper backing in the frame member as wide as the opening to receive andsupport a door bumper for the compression thereof incident to a door closing against it,-a resilient door bumper disposed in said pocket and having a portion projecting beyond the plane of said ledge for engagement with door movable toward the ledge, and means for retaining the bumper in said pocket comprising one or more pro jections on said bumper received in openings provided therefor in said pocket. v

11. In metal door frame construction, the combination of a sheet metal frame member formed to provide a ledge facing in the direction of door closing movement, the member having an opening provided therein communicating with the ledge to receive a door bumper, means integral with the frame member and formed by the metal from the opening to provide a pocket and bumper backing in the frame member as wide as the opening to receive and support a door bumper for the compression thereof incident to a door clos ing against it, a resilient door bumper disposed in said pocket and having a portion projecting beyond the plane of said ledge for engagement with a door movable toward the ledge, and means for retaining the bumper in said pocket comprising one or more pro jections on said bumper engaging the inside of said frame member.

12. In metal door frame construction, the combination of a sheet metal frame member formed to provide a ledge facing in the direction of door closing movement, the member having an opening provided therein communicating with the ledge to receive a door bumper, means integral with the frame member and formed by the metal from the open ing to provide a pocket and bumper backing in the frame member as wide as the opening to receive and support a door bumper for the compression thereof incident to a door closing against it, a resilient door bumper disposed in said pocket and having a portion projecting beyond the plane of said ledge for engagement with a door movable toward the ledge, and means for retaining the bumper in said pocket, the pocket being open at one or more places for communication inside the frame member, the last mentioned means comprising one or more projections on said bumper extending through said openings and having engagement with the inside of said frame member.

13. A door buffer device comprising a sheet metal pillar member having a led e portion facing in the direction of door closing movement and formedto provide a depression as an integral part of the pillar member at the position of the bumper block, a bumper block of resilient material arranged to be secured to the pillar member so as to project from the ledge portion for engagement by a door movable toward the ledge, and a lug on the bumper block received in an opening provided therefor in the pillar member so as to engage the inside of the ledge portion to retain the bumper block in place on the pillar, said block being enlarged in the direction of door closing movement and the enlarged portion being received in the aforesaid depression.

14, A door buffer comprising a sheet metal pillar member having an impact ledge portion and a side flange, the impact ledge portion being formed to provide a transverse depression as an integral part of the pillar member reaching laterally from the side flange and a substantially L-shaped bumper block of resilient material having one portion projecting abovethe plane of the ledge and another portion projecting from the plane of the adjacent side flange, said block having the first portion thereof enlarged in the direction of door closing movement and entered in said depression, said bumper block being suitably secured to the pillar member in the position stated.

7 IRA D. PERRY. 

